41 CFR § 102-74.420 - What is the policy concerning photographs for news, advertising, or commercial purposes?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s102-74.420"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 102-74.420 - What is the policy concerning photographs for news, advertising, or commercial purposes?"
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "102-74.420"
section_name: "What is the policy concerning photographs for news, advertising, or commercial purposes?"
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REAL PROPERTY"
part_number: "102-74"
part_name: "74—FACILITY MANAGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c)."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 58476, Dec. 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "102-74"
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# 102-74.420 What is the policy concerning photographs for news, advertising, or commercial purposes?
Except where security regulations, rules, orders, or directives apply or a Federal court order or rule prohibits it, persons entering in or on Federal property may take photographs of—
(a) Space occupied by a tenant agency for non-commercial purposes only with the permission of the occupying agency concerned;
(b) Space occupied by a tenant agency for commercial purposes only with written permission of an authorized official of the occupying agency concerned; and
(c) Building entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, or auditoriums for news purposes.